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Historical Event on 4/1/1941

Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
4/1/1889Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
6/1/1997Union Minister for Forests and Environment, Prof. Saifuddin Soz announces Rs. 9 crore central package for afforestation and eco-development in J&K.
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
1/9/1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.